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To: TimF who wrote (567766)	5/25/2010 11:15:41 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577893

"It might be argued that there was a net benefit for it when it happened, because the ending of widespread racial segregation was a very important gain, but even that's rather questionable." Maybe in Libertarian circles it is questionable. In the real world, not so much. "Much of the segregation was required." Not even close, Tim. The South was very hierarchical. Everything depended on your place in society. And you place was reflected in the clothes you wore, your vocabulary and even your accent. And one thing that was absolutely and unshakably was that if you were white, no matter how few teeth you had, you were still considered better than anyone who was black. And those who were in power encouraged this because it countered their single biggest threat, which was the poor. The laws resulted from the attitudes, the attitudes weren't created by the laws.